FIA stewards rule on investigations for Leclerc and Bottas in Mexico GP

Charles Leclerc was in danger of getting into trouble when race control decided to keep an incident under the magnifying glass. The Ferrari driver got away scot-free, but not Valtteri Bottas.

Leclerc showed damage to his front wing after colliding with Sergio Perez at the first corner. Normally, Formula 1 teams have to repair the damage and they can even be forced to do so during the race by the FIA. None of this happened with Leclerc and the stewards were of the opinion that the Monegasque was not to blame.

Bottas got off less well. The Alfa Romeo driver tapped Lance Stroll around the track and was singled out by the FIA stewards as the main culprit for the incident with the Aston Martin driver. It landed him a five-second time penalty and two penalty points on his licence. As the Finn did not finish in the points, it has no impact in the World Championship standings.